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Dealing with adult son with mental health: Parents want to share?
Mental Health | Last Active: Dec 29, 2025 | Replies (227)Comment receiving replies
I don’t know what to do. We are both 60 years old, newly retired and are about to set off to Asia in January for 8 weeks. We’ve been planning this trip for 2 years. With our son still in the hospital 2 hours away, now going on 2 months, I don’t know if we can leave. They are having trouble finding a medication that can control his mania. Seems like every couple years he has a relapse and his meds stop working. I don’t know what to do. This is a horrible way to live for him and us.
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@bewildered
After being in the courts system, the judge said to me - that the biggest problem with mental health he runs into almost every time is that people just STOP taking their medications.
I know when my son was in hospital he just taking his pills, and flushed them after the nurse left.
Unless your son is having his medication with a shot, you need to make sure he is taking his pills. They can be pretty tricky hiding it.
I get that you don’t know about your trip, but as long as your son is in hospital and being watched and taken care, maybe this is a good time to go. You need a break!